Cordelia James, Baroness James of Rusholme
Cordelia Mary James, Baroness James of Rusholme JP (née Wintour; 30 November 1912 – 12 March 2007) was a British teacher and judicial officer. She served as a justice of the peace and as chairwoman on the report of the Howard League for Penal Reform's Working Party on Custody During Trial. Wintour was the wife of fellow educator Eric James, Baron James of Rusholme, who was created a life peer in 1959. She was an aunt of Vogue editor-in-chief Dame Anna Wintour.
The Baroness James of Rusholme | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Cordelia Mary Wintour 30 November 1912 York, North Yorkshire |
| Died | 12 March 2007 (aged 94) Thirsk, North Yorkshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Eric James, Baron James of Rusholme |
| Children | Oliver James |
| Parent(s) | Fitzgerald Wintour Alice Jane Blanche Foster |
| Relatives | Charles Wintour (brother) Dame Anna Wintour (niece) Patrick Wintour (nephew) |
| Occupation | schoolteacher, civil servant |
Early life and family
editLady James of Rusholme was born Cordelia Mary Wintour on 30 November 1912 in York, Yorkshire to Major-General Fitzgerald Wintour and Alice Jane Blanche Foster.[1]
On her father's side, she was a great-granddaughter of James Milnes Gaskell and a great-great granddaughter of Charles Williams-Wynn. She was also the great-great-great granddaughter of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet and the great-great-great granddaughter of British Prime Minister George Grenville. On her mother's side, she was the great-great granddaughter of Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire and John Thomas Foster.[2] Her great-great-great grandfather, Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, served as the Bishop of Derry.[2] Lady James of Rusholme was the niece of Sir Augustus Vere Foster, 4th Baronet and a grandniece of Charles Milnes Gaskell. She had one brother, Charles Vere Wintour.[citation needed]
Career
editLady James of Rusholme was a schoolteacher and a justice of the peace.[3] She served as chairwoman on the report of the Howard League for Penal Reform's Working Party on Custody During Trial in 1976.[3]
Personal life
editLady James of Rusholme is the aunt of editors Dame Anna Wintour and Patrick Wintour.
She was a friend of the philosopher Sir Thomas Malcolm Knox.[4] In December 1935, she wrote to Knox with news about her job, expressing sympathy for his wife's illness, and news about her classmates at school.[5] In July 1936, she wrote a letter congratulating Knox on his appointment as Principal of the University of St Andrews, her interview for the British Civil Service, a review, and an enquiry as to Knox's wife's thoughts on moving to St Andrews.[4]
In 1939, she married the educator Eric John Francis James.[6][7] They had one son, Oliver Francis Wintour James. Her husband was knighted in 1956, at which time she was entitled to the style Lady James.[8] In 1959, her husband was created a life peer as Baron James of Rusholme, of Fallowfield in the County Palatine of Lancashire.[9] Upon her husband's elevation to the peerage, she became Lady James of Rusholme.[10]
In the 1990s, Lady James of Rusholme donated the Records of Lord James of Rusholme to the archives at the University of York.[11]
Lady James of Rusholme died on 12 March 2007 in Thirsk.
References
edit- ^ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2F5M-Q4Y : 1 October 2014), Mary C Wintour, 1913; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, York, Yorkshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ^ a b Masters, Brian (1981). Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire. London, UK: Hamish Hamilton. pp. 298–99. ISBN 0-241-10662-1.
- ^ a b Profile, julac-cuhk.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Accessed 25 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Collections | University of St Andrews". Collections.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ "Collections | University of St Andrews". Collections.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8J-T2KZ : 8 October 2014), Cordelia M Wintour and null, 1939; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1939, quarter 2, vol. 1A, p. 1006, Chelsea, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ^ Jackson, Louise (1949-04-29). Policing youth: Britain, 1945–70 - Louise Jackson - Google Books. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526102188. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ "No. 40706". The London Gazette. 10 February 1956. p. 825.
- ^ "No. 41639". The London Gazette. 20 February 1959. p. 1230.
- ^ https://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=59307 [bare URL]
- ^ "Records of Lord James of Rusholme - Archives Hub". Archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-28.